The Clinical Handbook for Olds' Maternal-Newborn Nursing and Women's Health Across the Lifespan has been created to help you in situations that will test your knowledge base, your ability to prioritize, and your familiarity with certain clinical skills. This handbook serves as a portable, quick-reference for maternal-newborn nursing care in any clinical setting, and covers pregnancy through the postpartum and newborn stages.

ORGANIZATION
The handbook provides succinct, pertinent information about the antepartum, intrapartum, newborn, and postpartum client. Each content area includes key information about medical therapy as well as nursing care information organized according to the nursing process. Critical nursing assessments and interventions are identified, and specific suggestions are given regarding documentation of care.

Features included in this resource:

• Chapters on antepartum, intrapartum, newborn, and at-risk clients
• A chapter on home care of the postpartal family
• Updated drug guides and clinical procedures
• Common abbreviations for maternal-newborn terminology
• Normal maternal and neonatal laboratory values

Every effort has been made to ensure that this resource is as accurate, current, and practical as possible so that users can find ready answers to clinical problems.

AUTHORS:
Michele R. Davidson
Patricia A. Wieland Ladewig
Marcia L. London

Clinical Handbook for Olds' Maternal-Newborn Nursing and Women's Health, Copyright 2008 Pearson Prentice Hall. All rights reserved.

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